Herndon Julian Evans
1895 - 1976 (80 years)-
Name Herndon Julian Evans Born 22 Dec 1895 Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Census 1930 Pineville, Bell County, Kentucky Census 1940 Pineville, Bell County, Kentucky Died 26 Feb 1976 Clearwater Beach, Pinellas County, Florida [3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Buried Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky [4] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161695727/herndon-j.-evans
Section 30, lot 113, grave 1
Person ID I860 Hedges Last Modified 11 Oct 2023
Father John Gray Evans, b. 24 Jun 1860, Carter County, Kentucky , d. 20 Aug 1950, Eminence, Henry County, Kentucky (Age 90 years) Mother Malinda Roberta "Berta" Hamm, b. 25 Jan 1865, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 28 Aug 1924, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky (Age 59 years) Married 14 Mar 1883 Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky [1] Family ID F213 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Elizabeth Downing, b. 29 May 1901, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky , d. 14 Nov 1994, Kentucky (Age 93 years) Married 1923 Kentucky [1] Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F521 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 22 Dec 1895 - Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky 
Married - 1923 - Kentucky 
Census - 1930 - Pineville, Bell County, Kentucky Census - 1940 - Pineville, Bell County, Kentucky 
Died - 26 Feb 1976 - Clearwater Beach, Pinellas County, Florida 
Buried - - Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Kentucky journalist, Herndon Evans, dies
Lexington, Ky. (AP) – Herndon J. Evans, a longtime weekly newspaperman in Kentucky and former editor of the Lexington Herald, died Thursday at the age of 80.
Evans died while fishing on a beach behind his apartment at Clearwater Beach, Fla.
Evans was a native of Franklin County and a graduate of the University of Kentucky. He was editor of the Herald from 1956 to 1967 and before that was editor and owner of the weekly Pineville Sun.
He worked briefly with the Associated Press and the Louisville Courier Journal in1922 before purchasing the newspaper in Bell County.
Evans had been a member of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees and had served as president of the Kentucky Press Association.
The was publicity chairman for the late Sen. Alben W. Barkley in 1954 and for former Sen. Early Clements in 1950.
He was also publicity chairman in the unsuccessful bid of Bert Combs for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1950. Combs was elected governor and it was reported that Evans was in line for a cabinet post, but he declined to accept it.
Evans headed the Mountain Laurel Festival Association and was a member of the state Park Board, leading a drive that led to construction of four lakes in Bell County.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete Thursday. The body was to be taken to a Louisville funeral home.
Evans is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth Downing Evans; a daughter, Mrs. Baylor Landrum, Louisville; a brother, Cleff Evans, Frankfort; a sister, Mrs. John Lester, Cincinnati; and three grandchildren.
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Kentucky. Friday, 27 February 1976.
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